Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0519 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Little Albert Study
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The idea
Watson and Rayner conditioned a fear response in an infant by pairing a white rat with a sudden loud noise.
In practice
The infant, previously unafraid of the rat, showed distress at the rat alone and at other furry objects.
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